FALL, 2007

• SW400-W Research Students: 
  Please accept my warmest welcome to the 
  School of Social Work, and
  congratulations on being admitted 
  to our fine program. In SW400-W, you will take
  your first steps toward becoming a licensed
  generalist social work practitioner. To begin 
  your pre-professional training, please read carefully 
  our course web page and familiarize yourself 
  with SW400-W and all requirements, especially its writing-intensive format!
  Then, please read materials for 
  Units 1 & 2. Finally, please select a social agency
  that you want to study this term and visit the agency
  to get their general brochure and other reading 
  materials. We will use these the first two weeks of
  class. I look forward to meeting 
  each of you on August 25th, and working with you this semester
  in our study of empirical methods used in social work practice. (UPDATED: 24 July, 2008)
  
SW460-W Policy Students: 
In this writing intensive course you will continuing working toward becoming a licensed
generalist social work practitioner. In SW460-W we will study social policy and its creation, legitimization, and evaluation. We will draw on what you have learned from Political Science 120, Economics 100, History 241, and Paralegal 470. We will also apply knowledge you have gained from SW250 - Introduction to Social Welfare and Social Work and SW330 - HBSE, and use our evolving generalist practice skills, the planned change model, and much more in our study of social work policy practice! Please read carefully 
our course web page and familiarize yourself 
with SW460-W and all its requirements, especially its writing-intensive format! 
Then, please read materials for 
Units 1 & 2. Finally, please select a social problem
that you want to study this term and visit an agency
that addresses that problem to get their general brochure and other reading 
materials. We will use these the first two weeks of
class. I look forward to meeting 
each of you on August 26th, and working with you this semester
in our study of empirical methods used in social work practice. (UPDATED: 24 July, 2008)

Phi Alpha:
Earning a high grade point across all one's classes is truly difficult; but when one does, it deserves special recognition! If you have a cumulative
GPA of 3.25 of better,
you are eligible to join our
Phi Alpha Honor Society. 
Please consider joining 
in special celebration of your 
hard work and resultant 
academic achievement! 
See our Department staff for details! (Updated: 13 July, 2008)

• DRAGON SOS:
  All students are encouraged to participate in
  the Social Work Student Organization DRAGON SOS.(Updated: 13 July, 2008)

Dr. Shawn Damon Ginther
Lommen 83B
sginther@mnstate.edu
Phone: 218.477.2634
FAX: 218.477.2987